Punching-bag apparatus.



PATBNTED MAR. 2o, 1906. W. J. BRYON, JA'. 4PUNGHING BAG APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY Z4, 1903.

. Juucnloz UNITED sTATEs APATInIT onrion; WILLIAM J. ,BRYON JR., .OF NEW YORK, N. Y.4

I PuNCHlNe-BAG. APPARATUS. i

No. 815,677. specification of Letters Patent. .Patented March 2o, 1906. i Application filed July Z4, 1903.y Serial No. 166,824. l

B e it known that'I, WILLIAM J. BRYON, Jr., are secured at one end to the rebounding dea cltlzen of the United States, and a resident vice adjacent to its opposite edges at 10 I T @u whm t may 0071/067212: shown by means of two stay-rods 9 9, which of New York, in the county ofNew York and and at their opposite ends secured to a 6o 5 State of New York, have invented certain .sleeve 11 on the vertical bracket-arm 3. In x new and useful Improvementsin Punchinglieu of these two stay-rods 9 9 for bracing the j Bag Apparatus, of which the following is a reboundingdevice it will be obvious that specification.. f c only one rod made suficiently strong might This invention relates to punching-bag ap-, be employed for the purpose, although I pre- 65 Io paratus,l `and it consists of the novel confer to employthe two rods, as shown. In

struction, arrangement, and combinations of order to permit of the v`ready adjustment of parts, as hereinafter set forth in detail, and the rebounding device when thus connected pointed out in the claims. with these stay-rods and without disturbing Referring to the accompanying drawings, the connection'of the lattertherewith the 7o I 5 forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 said sleeve 11, with which the stay-rods conis a perspective view of a punching-bag appanect at one end, is mounted-to slide upon the ratus embodying my invention. Figs. 2 and bracket-arm 3, so as to be movable in unison f3 are enlarged sectional details showing the with the rebounding device during any verconnection between certain of the parts, and tical adjustment of the same, the said sleeve 75 zo Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged sectional details being'normally secured in a stationary posiillustrating modified forms of the invention. tion on its supportin -bracket arm by means A punching-bag apparatus embodying my lof a set-screw 12. s the bracket-arm 3 is invention will referably comprise a suitable free at its upper end, I have mounted a screw suporting-brac et, a rebounding device sup- .13 in a transversely-arranged threaded open- 8o ported by said bracket for receiving the iming therein, which may be employed to bear pact of the punching-bag, and a punching-` against an adjacent support, as the board-a, bag suspended below the rebounding device and force the arm outwardly against the presthrough the medium of a flexible connection.l sure of the stay-rods, and so operate to sup- The supporting-bracket, as shown, comport and steady the same. The use of such 8 5 3o prises an attaching-plate 1, having a horizonscrew or other similar supporting or steadytal arm 2 and a vertical arm 3, the said plate mg means for the upper end of the bracket- 1 being adapted to be screwed or otherwise arm 3 may be rendered unnecessary, howsecured to a desired support, as the board a, ever, by making said arm suiiiciently heavy and the arms 2 and 3 being adapted to carry and rigid. f,

and support the several other parts of the ap- The unching-bag (indicated at 15) is susparatus. The arm 2 at its outer end has a pende below the rebounding device 6 by a T-coupling to provide a sleeve 4 for receiving ysuitable flexible connection 16, which in the stem 5 of the Arebounding device 6, the order to avoid confusion of terms I willv heref said stem with its several supported parts beinafter refer to as a fcord. This cord is sup- 9 5 4o ing held in a vertically-adjustable position ported within the lower end 'of the stem 5,

relative to the said sleeve by means of a setwhich is preferably arranged to extend some vscrew 7. me* 1 distance below the rebounding disk, sol as to The rebounding device 6 maybe -of any permit of the use of a short cord, and thereby herein shown, being in the form of an annular ter. Y

disk having a central openingtherein to -re- As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, I have secured a ceive the stem 5, on which the disk is secured coiled spring 17 within the rlower end of the by suitable fastening means, such means in stem 5, through which the cord -16 is centrally `the-present case being a set-screw 8. As the passed and connected' at its upper end, the 1o 5 punching-bag in operation strikes against the connection of the cord with the spring being rebounding device at or adjacent to its outer effected in the present instance by forming-a edge, it therefore becomes necessary, or at knot 18 in the cord, which engages'with the least desirable, to so brace the rebounding deupper end of the spring, as clearly shown in sultable or desiredconstruction, the same, as a rebounding disk of relatively small diame- Ioo .vice at such point as to insure its being rigidly Fig. 2. This spring 17 at its lower end pro- I Io supported to .receive the'impact ofthe bag.V jects belowA the stem 5 andis' preferably,

his is accomplisheduinpthe present instance iared outwardly, so as to permit of a free and unresisted movement of the bag during the initial portion of its swing, but which will be engaged by the cord during the latter part of the swing of the bag and put under more or less tension, the reaction of which will operate to cause a quicker return movement of the bag after striking the rebounding device. '1n other words, the use of a spring of the proper tension for cooperating with the bagsupporting cord in the manner described causes a quicker or more snappy action of the bag than would be caused by a fixed device arranged to so engage with the cord. The spring 17 also constitutes a supportinghead for the bag or bag connection and is adjustable within the stem 5 by means of a setscrew 19, the purpose of such adjustment being to permit the bag to be raised or lowered relatively to the rebounding render its action faster orslower. Such adjustment of the bag, however, might also be obtained by substituting for the adjustable spring 17 an adjustable sleeve 17', as shown in Fig. 4, or by shortening or lengthening the cord itself, in which latter case the knotted end of the cord would preferably be connected with a cap 20, removably connected with ghe lower end of the stem 5, as shown in iff. 5.

zr The flexible connection 16, which carries the punching-bag, may be of any suitable material or construction, but l prefer to employ a connection comprising a central or core string 16', having an outer covering or sheath 16 which is preferably in the form of a rubber tube, this tube serving to give a desired degree of stiffness to the connection, so as to avoid turnin or dumping of the bag when struck on t e end or side or other point than the proper one at about the center thereof and cause the same to properly swing away from the user even when so struck. As a further means to steady the bag and cause it to retain its proper position with relation to the cord 16 when in use l have provided it with a conical-shaped cap 21 at its upper end, which is preferably formed of stiff or heavy leather and provided with an opening 22 in the end thereof through which the cord 16 is passed and with a second opening 23 in one side thereof through which the cord may be drawn, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, for the purpose of either connecting the bag with the cord 16 or disconnecting it therefrom.

What 1 claim is- 1. A punching-bag apparatus, comprising a supporting-bracket having a horizontallyarranged arm, a rebounding device having a vertically-adjustable connection with said bracket-arm, and a stay-rod connected at one end with the rebounding device and at its opposite end having a vertically-adjustable connection with the supporting-bracket.

2. A punching-bag apparatus, comprising device, and so a supporting-bracket having a horizontallyarranged arm provided with a vertically-arranged sleeve adjacent to one end thereof, a rebounding device havin a stem slidably supported in said sleeve, a stay-rod connected at one end with the reboundingdevice and at its opposite end with the supporting-bracket, and means for holding the rebounding device in a stationary adjusted position relative to the said bracket-arm.

3. A punching-bag apparatus, comprising a supporting-bracket having a horizontallyarranged arm, a rebounding device having a vertically-adjustable connection with said bracket-arm, two stay-rods connected at one end with the rebounding device adjacent to the opposite sides thereof and at their other end having a vertically-adjustable connection with the supporting-bracket, and means for holding the rebounding device in a stationary adjusted position relative to the said bracket-arm.

4. A punching-bag apparatus, comprising a supporting-bracket having two arms, one of which is horizontal and the other vertical, a rebounding device having a vertically-sliding connection with the said horizontal bracket-arm, a sleeve or collar having a sliding connection with the said vertical bracketarm, stay-rods connected at one end with the said sliding sleeve or collar and at their opposite end with the rebounding device, and means for holding the rebounding device in a stationary adjusted position relative to its supporting bracket-arm, for the purpose set forth.

5. A punching-bag apparatus, comprising a rebounding device, a head having a vertically-adjustable connection with said rebounding device and projecting at one end below the same, and a punching-bag connected with said head through the medium of a fieXible connection, the said connection being attached to the head whereby the same length of connection between the bag and the head will be maintained during any adjustment of the latter.

6. A punching-bag apparatus, comprising a rebounding device having a tubular stem, a head adjustably supported within said tubular stem and projecting at one end below the rebounding device, the said head being vertically adjustable relatively to the latter, and a bag connected with said head through the medium of a fieXible connection.

7. A punching-bag apparatus, comprising a rebounding device, a bag suspended. below said rebounding device through the medium of a flexible connection, and a yieldingly-supported device arranged in a position in the path of movement of the said flexible bag connection to be engaged thereby subsequent to the initial swing-off of the bag and prior to its contact with the rebounding device, for the purpose set forth.

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8. A punching-bag apparatus, comprising positeends with the rebounding device and a rebounding device, a punching-bag suswith a support respectively, the connection z 5 pended belowsaid rebounding device through at one end of the rrod being adjustable, and

the' medium of a flexible connection,- and a means for holding the 4rebounding device in 'spring arranged in a positionin the path of stationary adjusted position relative to the movement ofthe said flexible bad connection said bracket-arm.

to be engaged thereby during t ev swing of 11. Apunching-ba apparatus, comprising 3o lthe bag, for the purpose set forth. a rebounding device aving a tubular stem,

9. A punching-bag apparatus, comprising a punching-bag suspended below saidrea rebounding device a punching-bag susbounding device through the medium of a pended belowsaid rebounding device through flexible connection the upper end of which the medium of a flexible connection, said extends into the said tubular stem, and 35 lexibleconnection comprising a core-piece ymeans longitudinally adjustable relative to and an outer stiffening sheath or cover, and a said stern having the said upper end of the device arranged in a position in the path of flexible bag connection connected therewith.

movement of the said flexible' bag connection Signed at New York, in the county of New to be en aged thereby during the swing of York and State of New York, this-21st day of 4o kthe bag, or the pupose set forth. July, A. D. 1903.

10. Apunchingag apparatus, comprising v a supporting-brabcket having a horizontallyw WILLIAM ,J BRYON JR arranged arm, a rebounding device having a Witnesses: j verticallyadjustable connection with said CEAS. F. DANF bracket-arm, a stay-rod connected atits op- E. M. FAITH. r i 

